Sound Off for Nov. 23, 2023
Trump photos
Trump is upset with Fox News because they only show pictures of him that are unflattering. I guess he wants to be photoshopped. You can’t make this stuff up. He gives us all the material.
Trump supporters
“Loving Trump,” it’s the inanity of Sound Offs like yours that convince those of us who are anti-Trump that his followers are blind and poorly educated. The man, himself, and his infantile behavior convince us that, if president, he will complete the destruction of our nation. And, speaking for myself, at least, we don’t hate him or anyone.
Border crisis
Come on, man. You’ll post something like “Loving Trump,” but won’t post a factual timeline? We’ve never had an “open” border. The last four administrations have all failed at making our border secure. It wasn’t a humanitarian issue during Bush’s time, and no one made much noise about the drug trafficking issue at that time. Obama sounded the earliest alarm about the humanitarian crisis about to happen on the border. Trump promised to build “a great big beautiful wall” and make Mexico pay for it. Biden tried for as long as he could to keep Trump’s main strategist’s, Steven Miller’s, less inhumane policies in place, but only curtailed illegal drug and human crossings until traffickers figured out work-arounds. Finally, comparing just this year’s casualties from violent gun deaths and mass shootings in the United States to the Israeli/Gaza conflict, we’re much more vulnerable to domestic terrorism, than foreign terrorism.
Extra words
I’m tired of hearing the UAW referred to as “united auto workers workers.” It’s either “workers in the UAW union” or simply UAW. Maybe the problem is all the workers working for the workers in the UAW. Lay off the extra workers and the UAW union issues will be resolved.
Changing times
Things changing is a fact of life. Changes due to climate, resources, and general living conditions require changes in the workforce. Phone and key punch operators, evolved into more advanced technical occupations. Auto line workers and mechanics have retrained on technological advances continuously since the beginning of that industry. More jobs are created than lost every time. One thing that never changes is our general dislike of change.
Tell me more
I have been thinking about the Sound Off entry talking about the name changes of some birds by the American Ornithological Society. They said that some names may tied to racism and may be offensive to some people. I don’t understand how that could be. If someone could explain that I would sure appreciate it. Thank you.
Be careful
TV is flooded with commercials for enrolling in Medicare advantage plans and the benefits of doing that. However, people should be aware that these plans are not traditional Medicare but are private, non-government plans whose primary goal is to make a profit as with any commercial business. For example, if you went to a non-network provider your bill would probably not be paid.
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